Walter Ricciardi, consultant to the Minister of Health, spoke to Radio Punto Nuovo also about football. “Is Naples in danger of becoming a red zone? I remember the data from Naples well, the sooner it becomes the red zone the better. The cases are so numerous and there are no ways to contain the epidemic through tracking. For metropolitan areas that have a contagion index of 2-3 or 2.4 there is a doubling of cases every two days and sustainability for the health system becomes impossible. If there are no dead, it seems that people are not staying at home. Within Campania, a distinction must be thought for the various provinces, rather than general lockdowns, at this moment we are for specific lockdowns of 2-3 weeks. The same also applies to schools in Naples: there are many outbreaks even in schools, so schools in areas like Naples must also be closed. At Cotugno they are already saturated. If we do not act now, we have a higher risk in March, even as deaths, also because we are facing winter. In the southern regions we run the risk of seeing the same images seen in Bergamo, with doctors starting to become infected again.
Football? The situation has changed dramatically, in May we contained the infection. If we had been responsible, we would have moved on. The footballer, today, has a very high percentage of infections. The protocol must be absolutely adequate to keep the championship going, even if the bubble remains the best solution, but it can be done for limited periods of time, as in the NBA.
Naples-Az? The sporting authorities must adapt: Rennes played with an open stadium, it will be a biological bomb for Rennes, we hope it will not be as lethal as Atalanta-Valencia. If you live in Naples, it is good for the elderly to close themselves at home: washing hands and masks are inevitable gestures. Movements must be kept to a minimum, as I do in Rome. If we are responsible, with targeted lockdowns, we reverse the curve“.
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